Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 397 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

1. 1.True or false: speaking up so the back row hears is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) volume (b) pitch (c) pace (d) a pause
4. 4.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
6. 6.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) never at all (b) after every word (c) in the middle of a word (d) after an important point
10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming everyone to the school fair? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
11. 11.❓ After asking the audience a question, what should you do? (a) answer it instantly (b) pause for a moment (c) ask ten more at once (d) walk off the stage
12. 12.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pace (c) volume (d) pitch
13. 13.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
14. 14.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
15. 15.🎭 Which voice suits announcing a change in the exam timetable? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
16. 16.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎭 Which voice suits giving safety steps for a fire drill? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
19. 19.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pace. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a deep voice for a giant in a story is about pitch. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
22. 22.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
24. 24.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) builds interest (d) makes people leave
25. 25.True or false: warning about the dangers of crossing the railway line needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎭 Which voice suits welcoming shy new children to Class 1? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret? (a) pace (b) pitch (c) a pause (d) volume
28. 28.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
29. 29.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) say “um” louder (b) speak faster (c) repeat the last word (d) pause silently
30. 30.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: how high or low your voice sounds is about volume. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: your voice rising at the end of a question? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
34. 34.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) serious and steady (b) calm and gentle (c) cheerful and lively
36. 36.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) pace (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) volume
37. 37.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) long or short (b) loud or soft (c) fast or slow (d) high or low
38. 38.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) rises at the end (b) stops in the middle (c) goes silent (d) gets very loud
39. 39.True or false: honouring the soldiers who served our country needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) say it faster (c) stress it a little (d) mumble it

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